Graphic Designer

Location: Hybrid, with an opportunity of attending our modern Haywards Heath office twice a month 

Contract: Permanent

About the role

As a key member of the Sightsavers team, you will play a crucial role in creating a diverse array of digital and print communications. Your work will span from developing rich, multi-channel content designed to inspire our audiences to raise funds and drive change, to crafting simple yet impactful graphics that effectively convey our key messages and showcase our global project work. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful initiatives and help guide users through our mission and achievements.

Responsibilities

• Create layouts, graphics, illustrations and images for print publications, including posters, reports, leaflets, booklets, exhibition banners, etc.
• Create pre-flighted press-ready artwork.
• Repurpose digital assets for offline use and vice versa.
• Ensure all documents and materials follow brand and accessibility guidelines.
• Create assets for web, social media, advertising banners, header images for emails, icons, etc.
• Support the digital designers on projects when necessary.
• Work as an integral part of the design, brand and digital experience team, championing our brand and accessibility work amongst colleagues.
• Work closely with team colleagues to deliver projects to brief and on schedule.

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

Jobholder Requirements

Essential Skills:

• A strong design portfolio.
• Design-related educational qualifications or professional design experience.
• Strong skills in Adobe Creative Cloud, especially InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Knowledge of social media platforms and asset creation for these.
• Understanding of and commitment to accessibility principles (visual and technical).
• An understanding of editorial design production processes and workflows.
• A sophisticated understanding of the benefits of visual communications.
• Good attention to detail.
• Strong design, layout, illustration, and typography skills.
• Knowledge of print and print finishing.
• Able to work independently and prioritise work to meet deadlines.
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people.
• Able to work accurately under tight deadlines when necessary.
• A commitment to inclusion is a must for all Sightsavers staff.

Desirable Skills:

• Motion graphics and animation experience and knowledge of Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Audition, and Animate.
• User Experience design knowledge.
• HTML and CSS skills.
• Lived or cultural experience of any of our programme countries in Africa and South Asia, as well as relevant languages.

Closing date: 8 April 2025

Next Steps

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.